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Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.Fri, 18 Jan 2019 07:52:17 -0800en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4As shutdown drags on, some step up to help unpaid federal workershttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/as-shutdown-drags-on-some-step-up-to-help-unpaid-federal-workers/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/as-shutdown-drags-on-some-step-up-to-help-unpaid-federal-workers/#respondThu, 17 Jan 2019 16:18:25 -0800https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11242068A makeshift national safety net, stitched together by private businesses, banks, local governments, organized labor and charitable organizations, is spreading slowly and unevenly across the United States.]]>Iowa lawmakers pass country’s strictest abortion law, take aim at Roe v. Wadehttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/iowa-lawmakers-pass-countrys-strictest-abortion-law-take-aim-at-roe-v-wade/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/iowa-lawmakers-pass-countrys-strictest-abortion-law-take-aim-at-roe-v-wade/#respondWed, 02 May 2018 20:11:50 -0700https://www.seattletimes.com/news/iowa-lawmakers-pass-countrys-strictest-abortion-law-take-aim-at-roe-v-wade/The Republicans pressing the Iowa legislation have a goal in their sights: reaching a Supreme Court that could shift in composition with a Republican in the White House, potentially giving the anti-abortion movement a court more sympathetic to its goal of overturning Roe v. Wade.]]>Some see Chicago’s mayor returning to the dark side to help George Lucas’ museumhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/some-see-chicagos-mayor-returning-to-the-dark-side-to-help-george-lucas-museum/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/some-see-chicagos-mayor-returning-to-the-dark-side-to-help-george-lucas-museum/#respondSat, 26 Mar 2016 18:49:46 -0700http://www.seattletimes.com/news/some-see-chicagos-mayor-returning-to-the-dark-side-to-help-george-lucas-museum/Filmmaker George Lucas envisions a lakefront lot becoming the site of an undulating, futuristic showpiece of a museum devoted to narrative art, with three theaters and a 4,200-square-foot library.]]>Indiana to allow Christmas alcohol sales, but many aren’t celebratinghttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/indiana-to-allow-christmas-alcohol-sales-but-many-arent-celebrating/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/indiana-to-allow-christmas-alcohol-sales-but-many-arent-celebrating/#respondWed, 23 Dec 2015 16:17:34 -0800http://www.seattletimes.com/news/indiana-to-allow-christmas-alcohol-sales-but-many-arent-celebrating/The new law, which will be put to use for the first time Friday, has set off a quiet rebellion among many Hoosiers who say they would like Indiana to buck a trend toward permissiveness across the country.]]>Is a lion loose in Milwaukee?https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/is-a-lion-loose-in-milwaukee/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/is-a-lion-loose-in-milwaukee/#respondMon, 27 Jul 2015 21:48:30 -0700http://www.seattletimes.com/news/is-a-lion-loose-in-milwaukee/The Milwaukee Lion, as it is now widely known, has captivated this city of 600,000 people, who seem to be alternately amused and panic-stricken by the creature in their midst.]]>Playground-hookup case fuels calls to change sex-offender registryhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/indiana-teens-jailing-makes-case-for-relaxing-of-sex-offender-registry-laws/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/indiana-teens-jailing-makes-case-for-relaxing-of-sex-offender-registry-laws/#respondSat, 04 Jul 2015 17:12:40 -0700http://www.seattletimes.com/news/indiana-teens-jailing-makes-case-for-relaxing-of-sex-offender-registry-laws/Some advocates and legal authorities are holding up the case of Zachery Anderson as the latest example of the overreach of sex-offender registries.]]>Movement spreads to pull symbols of Confederacyhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/movement-spreads-to-pull-symbols-of-confederacy/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/movement-spreads-to-pull-symbols-of-confederacy/#respondTue, 23 Jun 2015 20:59:24 -0700http://www.seattletimes.com/news/movement-spreads-to-pull-symbols-of-confederacy/From Mississippi to Minnesota, demands grow to get rid of flags and statues and even to change names of streets and parks.]]>For Ferguson grand jury, a mass of evidence, much of it conflictinghttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/for-ferguson-grand-jury-a-mass-of-evidence-much-of-it-conflicting/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/for-ferguson-grand-jury-a-mass-of-evidence-much-of-it-conflicting/#respondTue, 25 Nov 2014 08:45:00 -0800FERGUSON, Mo. — Michael Brown became so angry when he was stopped by Officer Darren Wilson on Canfield Drive here on Aug. 9, his face looked “like a demon,” the officer would later tell a grand jury. He testified that when Brown reached into the officer’s vehicle and fought him for his gun, Brown was […]]]>Private autopsy: Missouri teen shot at least 6 timeshttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/private-autopsy-missouri-teen-shot-at-least-6-times/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/private-autopsy-missouri-teen-shot-at-least-6-times/#respondSun, 17 Aug 2014 21:15:00 -0700FERGUSON, Mo. — Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager whose death at the hands of police sparked protests around the nation, was shot at least six times, including twice in the head, a preliminary private autopsy performed Sunday found. One of the bullets entered the top of Brown’s skull, suggesting his head was bent forward […]]]>In Ferguson and beyond, calls to demilitarize police forceshttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/in-ferguson-and-beyond-calls-to-demilitarize-police-forces/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/in-ferguson-and-beyond-calls-to-demilitarize-police-forces/#respondThu, 14 Aug 2014 21:44:00 -0700FERGUSON, Mo. — For four nights in a row, they streamed onto West Florissant Avenue wearing camouflage, black helmets and vests with the word “POLICE” stamped on the back. They carried objects that doubled as warnings: assault rifles and ammunition, slender black nightsticks and gas masks. They were not just one police force but many, […]]]>FBI opens civil-rights inquiry into cop’s killing of black teenhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/fbi-opens-civil-rights-inquiry-into-coprsquos-killing-of-black-teen/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/fbi-opens-civil-rights-inquiry-into-coprsquos-killing-of-black-teen/#respondMon, 11 Aug 2014 21:22:00 -0700FERGUSON, Mo. — The FBI on Monday opened a civil rights inquiry into the fatal shooting by a police officer of an unarmed black teenager here as protests bubbled into a third night in this St. Louis suburb. Officers donned riot gear and warily faced off against hundreds of people in response to looting and […]]]>After historic lows, water levels rise on Great Lakeshttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/after-historic-lows-water-levels-rise-on-great-lakes/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/after-historic-lows-water-levels-rise-on-great-lakes/#respondSat, 28 Jun 2014 17:41:18 -0700EPHRAIM, Wis. — Like a slowly draining bathtub, this sparkling inlet of Lake Michigan had seen its clear, cool waters recede for years. Piers that once easily reached the water had gone high and dry. Fishermen did not dare venture into the shallow water looking for smallmouth bass, lest their propellers scrape bottom. And residents […]]]>Mammy’s own story in prequel to ‘Gone With the Wind’https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/mammyrsquos-own-story-in-prequel-to-lsquogone-with-the-windrsquo/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/mammyrsquos-own-story-in-prequel-to-lsquogone-with-the-windrsquo/#respondMon, 07 Apr 2014 03:03:00 -0700Mammy, the faithful slave in “Gone With the Wind,” may finally get her due — and a proper name. More than 75 years after the publication of the novel by Margaret Mitchell, a prequel with Mammy at its center is set for release in October, the publisher said Wednesday. The completed book, “Ruth’s Journey,” is […]]]>Banking tell-all born from Goldman gossiphttps://www.seattletimes.com/business/banking-tell-all-born-from-goldman-gossip/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/banking-tell-all-born-from-goldman-gossip/#respondSat, 15 Feb 2014 20:00:00 -0800The parody Twitter account @GSElevator, a stream of darkly funny, frequently callous anonymous snippets purportedly overheard in elevators at Goldman Sachs, has offered comments on a dizzying range of topics to its more than 600,000 followers. There are matters of the heart (“Why would I marry? It’s betting some chick half my net worth that […]]]>‘Red October’ author Tom Clancy dies at 66https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/lsquored-octoberrsquo-author-tom-clancy-dies-at-66/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/lsquored-octoberrsquo-author-tom-clancy-dies-at-66/#respondWed, 02 Oct 2013 19:18:48 -0700Tom Clancy, whose complex, adrenaline-fueled military novels spawned a new genre of thrillers and made him one of the world’s best-known and best-selling authors, died Tuesday in Baltimore. He was 66. Mr. Clancy, who grew up in Baltimore, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a brief illness, his lawyer, J.W. Thompson Webb, said Wednesday. Neither […]]]>Frommer’s travel guides coming back to lifehttps://www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/frommerrsquos-travel-guides-coming-back-to-life/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/frommerrsquos-travel-guides-coming-back-to-life/#respondMon, 15 Jul 2013 12:20:00 -0700When Google bought the Frommer’s brand of travel guides last August, it was an unlikely union of old and new, of paper and pixels. It didn’t last long. Arthur Frommer, the 83-year-old founder of the company, announced in April that he had bought the brand back from Google, which did not publish any Frommer’s guidebooks. […]]]>Flash sales ignite reader interest in forgotten bookshttps://www.seattletimes.com/business/flash-sales-ignite-reader-interest-in-forgotten-books/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/flash-sales-ignite-reader-interest-in-forgotten-books/#respondTue, 28 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700One Sunday this month, the crime thriller “Gone, Baby, Gone,” by Dennis Lehane, sold 23 e-book copies, a typical number for a book in 1998 and since faded into obscurity. The next day, boom: It sold 13,071 copies. “Gone, Baby, Gone” had been designated as a Kindle Daily Deal on Amazon, and hundreds of thousands […]]]>Knox memoir tells of pot use, time in Italian prisonhttps://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/knox-memoir-tells-of-pot-use-time-in-italian-prison/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/knox-memoir-tells-of-pot-use-time-in-italian-prison/#respondThu, 18 Apr 2013 21:00:00 -0700While imprisoned in Italy for four years in the murder of her roommate, Amanda Knox fended off sexual harassment from guards and an overture from a cellmate. The night of the killing, she smoked marijuana and watched a film with her Italian boyfriend. And the infamous cartwheels Knox reportedly did in the police station never […]]]>Judge approves e-book case in Amazon’s favorhttps://www.seattletimes.com/business/judge-approves-e-book-case-in-amazons-favor/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/judge-approves-e-book-case-in-amazons-favor/#respondThu, 06 Sep 2012 20:26:31 -0700In a decision that could start an e-book price war, a federal judge Thursday approved a settlement between the Justice Department and three major publishers in a civil antitrust case that accused the companies of collusion in the pricing of digital books. The long-expected approval soundly rejected criticisms of the deal that had accumulated throughout […]]]>Irked by Amazon, Target to stop selling Kindlehttps://www.seattletimes.com/business/irked-by-amazon-target-to-stop-selling-kindle/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_julie-bosman
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/irked-by-amazon-target-to-stop-selling-kindle/#respondWed, 02 May 2012 22:00:00 -0700Signaling its growing irritation with rival Amazon.com, Target said it would stop selling the online retailer's Kindle e-readers.]]>